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  1. Attention Nurses, Nursing Assistants, and other hospital assistive personnel!

    DoGoodThenGo replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It will of course vary by state but most BONs have laid down certain guidelines laying out what UAPs can and cannot do. It maybe general but usually in no way leaves it up to the RN "feels...

  2. Need help to find job in NYC

    DoGoodThenGo replied to nurse2ms's topic in New York Nursing

    It is a *very* trying time for RNs both new and experienced to find work in NYC and the surrounding areas at the moment. Some hiring is going on but no where near the levels to absorb all those...

  3. I Want To Be A Registered Nurse

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Tellme718's topic in New York Nursing

    Welcome to a very crowded club! *LOL* In any given month you and hundreds more all wish to become RNs. While the goal is a noble one it must be said that not everyone who wishes to become a Registered...

  4. Attention Nurses, Nursing Assistants, and other hospital assistive personnel!

    DoGoodThenGo replied to downsouthlaff's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Dr. Frankenstein meet your monster. If UAP/nursing support personnel are "mouthing off", going out of their assigned scope of practice, etc... on a regular basis you only have nursing service to...

  5. mount saint vincent nursing program

    DoGoodThenGo replied to snowybee's topic in New York Nursing

    Being as all that may I'd be more concerned about their NCLEX passing rate trending

  6. Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Axmann, RN, BSN, NREMT-B's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Suffered from IBS starting in my mid-teens. Then physican put me on Donnatal which seemed to work quite well. One day when reading out loud from my "Practical Drug Theraphy/Wang" that the stuff...

  7. Need help to find job in NYC

    DoGoodThenGo replied to nurse2ms's topic in New York Nursing

    No offense meant but would have been better if you had done some research about NYC RN employment before arriving here. In short the market for both experienced and new grads ranges from dismal to...

  8. Dyeing White Scrubs

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Despareux's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    True dat! Even on 100% cotton scrubs the thread used to sew them up may be 100% polyester or a cotton/poly blend. Either way it won't take color the way the main fabric will. This leaves you with...

  9. WWYD?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to bluemorningglory's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Only thing you can do is contact LE and or child welfare (depending upon the age of the niece) and leave it at that. Basically all you have is hearsay which not only cannot nursing programs act upon,...

  10. Becoming CNA while in RN program

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Aspirational Beauty's topic in New York Nursing

    just did some quick research and nys changed policy around 2007, so a years or nearly a decade ago would be more accurate. you can read the following thread from which this posting is from elsewhere...

  11. Skirts in the hospital...

    DoGoodThenGo replied to sarah.2012's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Have absolutely no idea what you're going on about! *LOL* My information comes from pure academic research. Yes, that is it, research. Well that and perhaps watching too many episodes of "Carry on...

  12. Becoming CNA while in RN program

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Aspirational Beauty's topic in New York Nursing

    IIRC WWC does offer a CNA program. Why not ask them what the requirements are and or if an ADN student can either register for the program or challenge the exam. Other than that you can contact the...

  13. Becoming CNA while in RN program

    DoGoodThenGo replied to Aspirational Beauty's topic in New York Nursing

    New York State ceased allowing RN students to take the LPN boards decades ago. This was done for several reasons but mainly in response to the feeling RN programs had not covered enough LPN program...

  14. Saint Vincent's Hospital - The Last Shout

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in New York Nursing

    Last Friday, 6 July 2012, Saint Vincent's hospital exited bankruptcy court. Nothing is left except a contract for military healthcare and a fund to pay malpractice claims. Everything else has been...

  15. Obamacare: Should I get out while I still can?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to TexasAbby's topic in Activism, Healthcare

  16. Retraining Displaced Workers As Nurses

    DoGoodThenGo replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    While the media and everyone blathers on about a "nursing shortage" there is also one of physicans especially primary care in many areas of the country. However as the medical community has it's act...

  17. Are nurses allowed to have their nails painted?

    DoGoodThenGo replied to f_nurse2b16's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Years ago there was a news report about something that happened at a local newborn/NICU nursery. The film coverage showed several nursery nurses attending infants with long (and I mean long enough to...

  18. To insure or not to insure??

    DoGoodThenGo replied to kdbuckley1's topic in General Nursing

    There are plenty of threads on this matter elsewhere on this forum, suggest you read on what has been said before. Upshot is to answer your query, yes you should carry your own liability/malpractice...

  19. mount saint vincent nursing program

    DoGoodThenGo replied to snowybee's topic in New York Nursing

    Was confused about your statement since one quite remembers speaking with TCOMSV years ago about their second degree BSN program which was offered somewere in the Mid-Thirties in Manhattan. It seems...

  20. Skirts in the hospital...

    DoGoodThenGo replied to sarah.2012's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    oh i don't know. high and low end lingerie shops in my area (nyc) as well as those one has seen in places such as london, paris, berlin, and elsewhere have a decent stock of nylons and suspender belts...

  21. Skirts in the hospital...

    DoGoodThenGo replied to sarah.2012's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    You're a dark horse aren't you? It is always the quiet ones isn't it?

  22. Look Who Is Moving Into Former St. Vinny's Nurse's Residence

    DoGoodThenGo posted a topic in New York Nursing

    Rudin family has completed the first of several former Saint Vincent's hospital buildings conversion into luxury housing. IIRC, 130 West 12th Street was the nurse's residence and also used for...

  23. Skirts in the hospital...

    DoGoodThenGo replied to sarah.2012's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    does this mean that if an or or maternity nurse wanted to wear a scrub dress there will be a "girdle check"? also where do thongs fit into all this? most young girls one knows today (and we're talking...

  24. Skirts in the hospital...

    DoGoodThenGo replied to sarah.2012's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Though all nice girls back then didn't jiggle (wore girdles). *LOL* Would love to have seen the faces of some old school nurses when told not only they had to cover up but

  25. Skirts in the hospital...

    DoGoodThenGo replied to sarah.2012's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    OIC. Nevermind!